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Jesús del Cerro’s movie helped total admissions for domestic films to drop by only 23%, and not by 94%, in 2020. As only 12 domestic films were released in Romanian cinemas in 2020, with some features favouring alternative releases and others – for example, Cristi Puiu’s Berlinale-awarded Malmkrog – waiting for clearer exhibition skies, one would have expected a very dramatic plunge in terms of earnings and admissions for domestic features in 2020. Admissions did indeed decrease by 23%, down from 785,957 in 2019, but it could have been much, much worse: remove only one title from the list of releases, and this drop would have been as steep as 94%. The saviour of the Romanian domestic box office in 2020 was Jesús del Cerro’s Miami Bici, a low-brow independent comedy released by Vertical Entertainment on 21 February, only weeks before all of the cinemas were closed (18 March) because...

The Spanish actors are reuniting in this countryside-set comedy directed by Jesús del Cerro, which is currently in post-production. Shot over the final two months of 2020, not only does Dos vacas y una burra (lit. “Two Cows and a She-donkey”) mark a return to Spain for Jesús del Cerro (Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime), but it also sees two popular actors, Pablo Puyol (Boystown) and Miguel Ángel Muñoz (El crack Cero), working together again, as they did more than a decade ago in the TV series Un paso adelante, which catapulted them to stardom, garnering them untold hordes of fans of both sexes. These strapping young lads are joined by Mexican thesp Esmeralda Pimentel, Catalan actors Mario Pardo and Adriana Torrebejano (Gun City), and Romania’s Codin Maticiuc (Do It or Shut Up) on the billing of this feature. With a budget of €2 million, the rural comedy...

Internationally Acclaimed The Constitution Opens South East European Film Festival April 27 at the Writers Guild in Beverly Hills

Largest-Ever Selection with 56 Films from and about South East Europe

The eight-day SEEfest 2017 runs April 27 — May 4, and includes 12 features, 8 documentaries, 1 special out-of-competition screening, and 36 shorts films (short features, short docs, and animation shorts). Festival audience comprises filmmakers and international art house aficionados, industry professionals and cultural dignitaries from Los Angeles and South East Europe. Screenings are held at the Writers Guild Theater and Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills, the Goethe-Institut in Miracle Mile area and West Hollywood Council Chambers @ Library campus.

The 12th annual South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) has selected Montreal’s Grand Prix of Americas and Santa Barbara’s Best International Feature Film Winner, “The Constitution” by Croatian director Rajko Grlić to open 2017 Festival with a gala event on Thursday, April 27, at 7:00 pm at the Writers Guild Theater theater in Beverly Hills.